The Essential John Denver

The Essential John Denver
Compilation album by John Denver
Released	February 2007 (2007-02)[1]
Recorded	1969–1995
Genre	Pop rock country
Length	2:16:25
Label	Legacy
Producer	Milt Okun, Susan Ruskin, John Snyder, Larry Butler, Barney Wyckoff, John Denver, Roger Nichols
John Denver compilations chronology
16 Biggest Hits (2006) The Essential John Denver (2007)

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The Essential John Denver is a compilation album of John Denver's songs. Composed of two discs, each containing 18 songs, the album was released in February 2007 as part of The Essential series by Sony BMG.^[1] A limited edition was eventually released.^{[3][better source needed]}

The album peaked at No. 55 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[4]

Track listing

Disc one^[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"Leaving on a Jet Plane"	John Denver	Rhymes & Reasons (1969)	3:40
2.	"Rhymes & Reasons"	John Denver	Rhymes & Reasons (1969)	3:17
3.	"Take Me Home, Country Roads"	Bill Danoff, John Denver, Taffy Nivert	Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971)	3:12
4.	"Poems, Prayers and Promises"	John Denver	Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971)	4:07
5.	"I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado"	Bill Danoff	Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971)	2:09
6.	"Friends with You"	Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert	Aerie (1971)	3:24
7.	"Rocky Mountain High"	John Denver, Mike Taylor	Rocky Mountain High (1972)	4:45
8.	"Goodbye Again"	John Denver	Rocky Mountain High (1972)	3:38
9.	"I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)"	John Denver	Farewell Andromeda (1973)	4:27
10.	"Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)"	John Denver	Farewell Andromeda (1973)	4:05
11.	"Sunshine on My Shoulders"	John Denver, Dick Kniss, Mike Taylor	Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971)	5:13
12.	"Back Home Again"	John Denver	Back Home Again (1974)	4:46
13.	"Matthew"	John Denver	Back Home Again (1974)	3:44
14.	"Thank God I'm a Country Boy"	John Martin Sommers	An Evening with John Denver (1975)[a]	3:44
15.	"Annie's Song"	John Denver	Back Home Again (1974)	3:02
16.	"Sweet Surrender"	John Denver	Back Home Again (1974)	5:30
17.	"Looking for Space"	John Denver	Windsong (1975)	4:01
18.	"I'm Sorry"	John Denver	Windsong (1975)	3:31

Disc two^[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"Calypso"	John Denver	Windsong (1975)	3:38
2.	"Fly Away"	John Denver	Windsong (1975)	4:11
3.	"Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight"	Bill Danoff	Spirit (1976)	2:49
4.	"Like a Sad Song"	John Denver	Spirit (1976)	3:44
5.	"How Can I Leave You Again"	John Denver	I Want to Live (1977)	3:10
6.	"It Amazes Me"	John Denver	I Want to Live (1977)	2:39
7.	"I Want to Live"	John Denver	I Want to Live (1977)	3:49
8.	"My Sweet Lady"	John Denver	Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971)	4:50
9.	"Autograph"	John Denver	Autograph (1980)	3:39
10.	"Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)"	Dick Feller	Some Days Are Diamonds (1981)	4:01
11.	"The Cowboy and the Lady"	Bobby Goldsboro	Some Days Are Diamonds (1981)	4:38
12.	"Seasons of the Heart"	John Denver	Seasons of the Heart (1982)	3:50
13.	"Shanghai Breezes"	John Denver	Seasons of the Heart (1982)	3:14
14.	"Perhaps Love" (with Plácido Domingo)	John Denver	Seasons of the Heart (1982)	2:58
15.	"Wild Montana Skies" (with Emmylou Harris)	John Denver	It's About Time (1983)	4:05
16.	"Love Again" (with Sylvie Vartan)	John Denver	John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 3 (1984)	2:54
17.	"Dreamland Express"	John Denver	Dreamland Express (1985)	4:05
18.	"Is It Love?"	John Denver	The Wildlife Concert (1995)	4:15

Disc three (Limited Edition 3.0)^[3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Originally from	Length
1.	"Daydreams"	John Denver	Rhymes & Reasons (1969)	2:54
2.	"Everyday"	John Denver	Aerie (1971)	3:15
3.	"For Baby (For Bobbie)"	John Denver	Rocky Mountain High (1972)	2:57
4.	"Grandma's Feather Bed"	Jim Connor	Back Home Again (1974)	2:15
5.	"Aspenglow"	John Denver	Take Me to Tomorrow (1970)	2:06
6.	"It Makes Me Giggle"	John Denver	Spirit (1976)	3:16
7.	"Bet On the Blues"	Tom Paxton	I Want to Live (1977)	3:50
8.	"This Old Guitar"	John Denver	Back Home Again (1974)	2:50

Notes

1. The song originally appears in the 1974 album Back Home Again. A live version appears in the 1975 album An Evening with John Denver.

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA Charts)[5]	81

References

1. "The Essential John Denver (2 Disc)".
2. The Essential John Denver at AllMusic
3. "John Denver - The Essential 3.0 John Denver (Eco-Friendly Packaging)".
4. "John Denver The Essential John Denver Chart History". Billboard.
5. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 79.